New Hampshire / School Districts / Laconia School District
On Jan. 6 the Laconia School Board accepted anonymous donations and pledges to clear roughly $23,560.61 in school lunch balances, approved revisions to policy AC‑R2, rescinded policy KED, and heard that new state technical guidance limits district livestreaming unless parental consent forms are in place.
New Hampshire / School Districts / Laconia School District
At its Dec. 16 meeting the Laconia School Board approved revisions to the faculty and staff handbook regarding teaching evaluation, authorized an overnight field trip to Jazz All-State, accepted a Get Outside grant, adopted policy ACA on discrimination/harassment grievance procedures, acknowledged retirements and moved into nonpublic session under RSA91A32E.
New Hampshire / School Districts / Laconia School District
Superintendent Pamela told the Laconia School Board the district faces a 16.9% jump in health insurance costs (about $1 million) and an estimated $721,000 increase in state adequacy aid; the board was told city council approved using an expended fund balance to cover a large assessment, while $400,000 in reserve transfers await trustee approval.
New Hampshire / School Districts / Laconia School District
Laconia High School teachers told the board on Oct. 21 that a teacher-led AI committee is developing staff training, classroom guidance and an "AI assessment scale" to clarify allowed and disallowed student uses of generative tools.
New Hampshire / School Districts / Laconia School District
The Laconia School Board on Oct. 21 debated a proposed resolution condemning Board member Laura Dunn for filing a public complaint with the New Hampshire Department of Education that board leaders said appeared to represent the board without authorization.
New Hampshire / School Districts / Laconia School District
The Laconia School Board reviewed first‑read drafts Oct. 7 for an updated data‑records retention policy, ELO guidance, device/internet procedures and two new social‑media policies.
New Hampshire / School Districts / Laconia School District
The student representative reported early compliance with a school-day phone ban and outlined homecoming events, including theme days, a parade and athletics schedule. Students launched a fundraising "rock-paper-scissors" bead promotion.
New Hampshire / School Districts / Laconia School District
The board reviewed a revised inclement-weather plan that reserves the first snow day for staff Vector mandatory training (students off), removes the remote-learning option, and relies on professional-development choices for subsequent closure days. Staff noted the district remains above state instructional-hour minimums.
New Hampshire / School Districts / Laconia School District
The board approved a $3,325 robotics/STEM grant for Laconia Middle School and two Farm-to-School garden grants (Pleasant Street and Woodland Heights, each about $5,985). Motions carried by voice vote.
New Hampshire / School Districts / Laconia School District
The district’s Office of Extended Learning told the school board on Sept. 16 that summer and after‑school programs served hundreds of students across elementary, middle and high school programs and relied on district, Title I and 21C grant funds; administrators outlined tracking, selection criteria and future grant changes.